Christian sunsets; or, The last hours of believers1877 |
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... honour to himself and blessing to others , and especially of help and comfort to the beloved Sovereign of these lands . Yet his life , as the husband of the Queen , was at first , and for several years afterwards , anything but what it ...
... honour to himself and blessing to others , and especially of help and comfort to the beloved Sovereign of these lands . Yet his life , as the husband of the Queen , was at first , and for several years afterwards , anything but what it ...
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... honoured with an interview , he requested that the Queen might place her name under that of the Prince Consort , which was cheerfully inscribed , the book being of higher value to him than even the Albert 8 Christian Sunsets .
... honoured with an interview , he requested that the Queen might place her name under that of the Prince Consort , which was cheerfully inscribed , the book being of higher value to him than even the Albert 8 Christian Sunsets .
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... honour and privilege of fre- quently coming in contact with the Prince in the frank intercourse of his Highland home , I was ever profoundly impressed by his unaffected simplicity , transparent truth- fulness , touching modesty ...
... honour and privilege of fre- quently coming in contact with the Prince in the frank intercourse of his Highland home , I was ever profoundly impressed by his unaffected simplicity , transparent truth- fulness , touching modesty ...
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... honours and happy prospects , were not allowed by him to prevent its engaging his attention . He knew that one day he would have to pass from all his surround- ings , and exchange the seen for the unseen ; but instead of shutting his ...
... honours and happy prospects , were not allowed by him to prevent its engaging his attention . He knew that one day he would have to pass from all his surround- ings , and exchange the seen for the unseen ; but instead of shutting his ...
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... honours and pursuits to the higher life of eternity . He died as the lowliest saint does , with his eye upon Jesus and his hope upon the cross . No , there is not one way to the Father's house of many mansions to men of high birth and ...
... honours and pursuits to the higher life of eternity . He died as the lowliest saint does , with his eye upon Jesus and his hope upon the cross . No , there is not one way to the Father's house of many mansions to men of high birth and ...
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Page 378 - Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3 Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all.
Page 45 - Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Page 278 - So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 1 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.
Page 313 - He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Page 419 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole; Till, o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 185 - Were I to adopt the figurative language of Bunyan I might date this letter from the land of Beulah, of which I have been for some weeks a happy inhabitant. The celestial city is full in my view. Its glories beam upon me, its breezes fan me, its odors are wafted to me, its sounds strike upon my ears, and its spirit is breathed into my heart.
Page 12 - ROCK of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee ! Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power.
Page 223 - Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord ; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.
Page 304 - JUST as I am, without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come.